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Working with personal outcomes
March 8, 2017
I have written before about the importance of personal outcomes in providing personal support and care. I think it is useful to look at detailed findings of what works best…
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Management and leadership
February 28, 2017
Managing and leading are important in the operation of care services. They are often seen as being combined in one person, the person in charge. However, it is useful to…
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Building partnership in Health and Social care services
February 22, 2017
Scottish legislation came into force in April 2016 to require health and social care services to be provided on an integrated basis across the country by local Health and Social…
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Changes for care regulation in Scotland
February 15, 2017
How care services are inspected and regulated in Scotland is undergoing changes, some of which have happened and some are to be implemented in the near future. The following is…
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Attitudes to healthcare
February 9, 2017
We have a valued and envied health care system in this country. Recent surveys in Scotland by the Government showed overall high levels of satisfaction with the services received. A…
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Loneliness: a hidden epidemic
February 7, 2017
Two recent news articles address this problem: one points to how common the problem is, and another is a local attempt to help some lonely people. Age UK research Age…
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These are our Children
January 31, 2017
Dame Christine Lenehan, Director of the Council for Disabled Children, was commissioned by the Department of Health to look into how to improve the quality of care service to children…
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Human rights in social care
January 25, 2017
Human rights have become a more prominent feature in social care services in Scotland. This is in part because a review of the National care standards, which are used to…
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